I understand that a comma is used before "and" when the conjunction precedes an independent clause; however, I'm curious if the same rule applies when it precedes an infinitive phrase:
"It was my job ...

I'm aware that imperative and interrogative constructions can take no subject as it's usually implied ("Look this way!!", or "Why look that way?"), but what about an indicative sentence like this one: ...

While I was reading class material from a language school in Korea, I found a whole unit explaining use of the past perfect.
However, none of the sentences used a time clause with the simple past to ...

I always find myself writing sentences that contain clauses within clauses, and I can never decide what the right way to punctuate this is. I'm not specifying what kinds of clauses because they could ...

Just putting together a lexical lesson on making life changes and thought I'd use a sentence with 'end up'. However, when I ran through various sample sentences I noticed that it is quite an unusual ...

All grammar books I found underplay clauses and phrases; examples they give are simple and easy to understand, but in reality there are lots of long sentences made up of several clauses and phrases ...

In an office email, I am trying to write a qualifying clause while leading into an exception to that clause in the same sentence.
While this is an office email, and therefore informality is somewhat ...

The New York Times is running an article on the terror attacks in France that begins with "The government faced gaping questions over its failure..."
Does the phrase "gaping question" actually make ...

S1: John was a worker at Bread Store, of which I was the manager, when he lived here.
S2: John was a worker at Bread Store, which I was the manager of, when he lived here.
What's the correct usage? ...